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March 23, 2014 04:00 am GMT
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Google Doodle Celebrates Abstract Painter Agnes Martin
Google took users on a trip into high-art territory on Saturday by posting a minimalist Google Doodle to honor the memory of famed abstract painter Agnes Martin
Born on March 22, 1912 in Canada, Martin moved to the United States in 1932 and became a citizen in 1940. She studied at Columbia University where she earned two master’s degrees.
Martin reportedly lived most of her life as a reclusive in New York and New Mexico while painting her famous grids of subdued natural tones. Her work has been exhibited all over the world, and can currently be found in places such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and at the Tate in London Read more...
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